@tokubirb @AwareIncel if your choices are to be wrong in agreement with people who are kind to you or to change your mind to be right in agreement with people who currently hate you, most people will choose to be wrong
It’s pretty funny when you see how, being comfortable with being disliked, actually makes you even more likeable. It’s one of the many ways in which life can be really unfair.
As Steven Pinker says, People are embraced or condemned according to their beliefs, so one function of the mind may be to hold beliefs that bring the belief-holder the greatest number of allies, protectors, or disciples, rather than beliefs that are most likely to be true.
Kevin Simler • Crony Beliefs
People often care about belonging more than they care about accuracy. We don't always believe things because they are factually correct. In many cases, we cling to beliefs that make us look good to the people we care about.
— James Clear
False beliefs can be useful in a social sense even if they are not useful in a factual sense. For lack of a better phrase, we might call this approach “factually false, but socially accurate.” When we have to choose between the two, people often select friends and family over facts.
jamesclear.com • Why Facts Don’t Change Our Minds
We don't always believe things because they are correct. Sometimes we believe things because they make us look good to the people we care about.